I have been ordering shoes from nikedirect.net three times now. I bought one pair for a friend and it wasn't until I bought my own pair that I realized they felt funny/different then shox I bought at the store. I asked the friend if they noticed anything and they too said yeah they felt a little funny but thought it was just the pair they got. I noticed the rubber cam off my heel quickly and the rubber on his pair peeled off the toe. I contacted the company and they wrote back, "you send money, we send shoe" that flagged me right there that a real Nike supplier would probably be using proper english.